Review: SHARP OBJECTS - by Gillian Flynn

SHARP OBJECTS - by Gillian Flynn

Audio Book
Random House Audio - 2006
Narrated by Ann Marie Lee


 

My Rating (out of 5)

⭐⭐⭐⭐

It is easy to see why HBO has created a show based on this book. It's creepy and it's twisted.  

Camille Preaker is a second rate reporter living in the Chicago and struggling with substance abuse and self harm issues - her body covered with the scars of words she has sliced into her skin. She grew up in the small affluent town of Wind Gap, but left at her first opportunity, trying to escape the demons of her childhood. She has never returned to Wind Gap - until now.  She is sent back by her editor to cover the murder of two young girls. 

Everyone in this town seems to be creepy.  Her mother, step-father and little sister - all creepy in their own way. The young girls her sister associates with are not your average teens. Soon Camille is caught up the toxicity that had created her demons in the first place, and she on the verge of coming undone. Can she get the story before this town destroys her?

I have to say, I cannot remember the last time that a book has evoked such eerie, ominous feelings. Truth be told, the actual story itself may not have earned four stars from me, but the fact that the writing so skillfully extracted real emotions and feelings was worth the extra star. I really felt spooked, squeamish, and uncomfortable. There was an eeriness that seemed to permeate the air around me as I listened. 

Narration on this book was well done.  Lee was able to portray the prim and proper Adora, the struggling Camille and the odd little girl Amma with equal effectiveness.

One of the creepiest works I have come across.

Happy reading, 

Christine